P.R. Laws tit. 12, § 203c
Any party adversely affected by a resolution, order or decision of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources, may request its reconsideration within the term of fifteen (15) days after the date such resolution, order or decision is served.
The filing of the request for reconsideration will not exempt any person from complying with and obeying any decision or order, nor will it operate in any way as a suspension or postponement of its effectiveness, except by a special order of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources. The resolution or decision issued by the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources during the reconsideration process shall be final and binding unless the party or parties who are adversely affected request a review before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico, San Juan Part, within thirty (30) days following the date the notification is received. It shall be an indispensable requirement to request the reconsideration of the decision or order of the Secretary prior to going before the courts for a judicial review of said order or decision. The Secretary will have thirty (30) days to decide the requested reconsideration after which, if he has not issued a decision, it shall be deemed to be denied. The Secretary will notify the affected party of the decision on the requested reconsideration or the fact that it has been denied because the term provided above has elapsed. The filing of any resolution, order or decision of the Secretary of Natural and Environmental Resources for review will not stop the effects of said resolution, order or decision unless the court so orders by request of the interested party after prior hearing and determination that the party against whom the resolution, order or decision has been issued will suffer grave or irreparable damage if such suspension is not decreed.
History —July 1, 1975, No. 133, p. 393, added as § 16 on Aug. 10, 1988, No. 161, p. 692, § 7.